Tetrazygia urbaniana (Cogn.) Croizat ex Moscoso
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Filed As
Melastomataceae
Tetrazygia urbaniana (Cogn.) Croizat ex Moscoso -
Collector(s)
L. R. Holdridge 866, 22 Nov 1941
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Location
Haiti. Mornes des Commissaires.
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Habitat
Open pine forests. Common in open pine forest.
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Description
Shrub, up to 5 dm. tall. Prostrate melastome forming dense clumps. Leaves densely scurfy or rusty colored beneath. Flowers white. Fruit black, oblong, about 1 cm. long, edible. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
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Specimen Notes
[See duplicate sheet, NY barcode 01101396]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 01100957
Occurrence ID: 57f1b136-1f4e-46a1-a8c1-bca2cc5ebc48
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Myrtales
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Family
Melastomataceae
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All Determinations
Tetrazygia urbaniana (Cogn.) Croizat ex Moscoso det F. Almeda, 1977
Note: ! E. Bécquer (HAJB, Cuba), Jul 2005, ""Taxonomy of the genus Pachyanthus (Miconieae, Melastomataceae)"Tetrazygia tuerckheimii (Cogn.) Ekman ex Urb. det E. C. Leonard
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Region
West Indies
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Country
Haiti
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Locality
Mornes des Commissaires.
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Elevation
Alt. 1600 m. (5249 ft.)
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Distribution
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Tetrazygia urbaniana (Cogn.) Croizat ex Moscoso